Nick Herbig

STATS

 

Defense Statistics

 

 

HISTORY— from college bio
 
2022 Season: First-team All-American (Phil Steele) ... First-team All-Big Ten (Consensus), CBS Sports second team All-American, Walter Camp second team All-American, AFCA second team All-American, AP third team All-American ... Played in 11 games, all starts … led the Badgers with 11.0 sacks and 15.5 TFLs while ranking 6^th on the team in total tackles (47) … led the nation with 1.0 sacks per game … his 15.5 TFLs led the Big Ten and ranked 18^th in the country … his 1.0 sacks per game were the most for a Badger since Tarek Saleh in 1996 … his 11.0 sacks were the most in a single season for UW since Zack Baun recorded 12.5 in 2019 … began the season with a 2.0-sack performance vs. Illinois State (9/3) … recorded sacks vs. Washington State (9/10) and New Mexico State (9/17) … registered seven solo tackles and a sack at Northwestern (10/8) … totaled 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks vs. Maryland (11/5) … was dominant at Iowa (11/12), totaling 3.0 sacks, eight tackles and a forced fumble

2021: Earned second letter after starting all 13 games ... led the Badgers and ranked 4th in the Big Ten with 9.0 sacks ... also ranked 7th in the Big Ten with 14.5 tackles for loss ... 3rd on the Badgers with 64 total tackles ... also broke up 4 passes, forced 2 fumbles and recovered a fumble ... had the highest pass rush win rate among Big Ten edge rushers according to PFF (27.3%) ... according to PFF, had the highest single-season pass rush grade by a UW edge rusher at 91.4 (better than Joe Schobert - 91.3 in 2015 and T.J. Watt - 91.0 in 2016) ... had 6 tackles and 2.5 sacks in win over Iowa ... 7 tackles and 2.0 sacks in Las Vegas Bowl win over Arizona State ... Academic All-Big Ten

2020: Earned first letter after making 7 starts at outside linebacker ... had 26 total tackles, 6.0 TFLs, 1.0 sacks and a forced fumble in his rookie season ... in his first UW start, had 1.0 sack and pass breakup against Illinois on Oct. 23 ... had 5 tackles and 3.0 TFL at Michigan on Nov. 14 ... tallied 3 tackles and 1.0 TFLs at Northwestern on Nov. 21 ... forced a fumble and added 2 tackles against Indiana on Dec. 5 ... posted 4 tackles and 1.0 TFL at Iowa on Dec. 12 ... collected career-best 7 tackles against Minnesota on Dec. 19 ... had 4 tackles vs. Wake Forest in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Dec. 30 

High School: Four-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … All-Hawaii Open Division Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2019 … earned invitation to 2020 Polynesian Bowl … two-time all-state selection … led Saint Louis School to four-consecutive Open Division state championships … also played basketball in high school … coach was Cal Lee

PERSONAL

Parents are Robyn and Bruce Herbig ... has two brothers, Jake and Nate ... brother Nate played football at Stanford and is current a guard for the Philadelphia Eagles ... 

2022

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
15.5	2.0	47.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	32.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
14.5	1.0	61.0	0.0	4.0	9.0	40.0

2020

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.0	2.0	26.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	23.0